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Did Nigerian government sponsor 1,411 delegates to COP28 in Dubai?
The Federal government of Nigeria is currently under fire for allegedly sponsoring 1,411 delegates to Dubai for the COP28 climate conference.
The claim is FALSE
The large delegation of Nigerians at the COP28, the Convention of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the world’s pre-eminent climate change conference has attracted lots of attention.
Many have queried the spending of huge sum of money to have such delegation.
However, the Minister of information and national orientation Mohammed Idris has debunked the information.
He said that the Federal Government sponsored 422 delegates to the COP28 in Dubai, not 1,411 as speculated.
His statement read in parts, “Parties to this Convention from Nigeria include government officials, representatives from the private sector, civil society, the voluntary sector, state governments, media, multilateral institutions, representatives of marginalised communities, and many others.
“It is imperative to point out that the overall Nigerian delegation to COP28 comprises Government-sponsored (Federal and State) and non-government-sponsored participants (from Private Companies, NGOs, CSOs, Media, academia), etc.”
CONCLUSION
The claim that the federal government of Nigeria sponsored 1,411 persons to COP28 in Dubai is FALSE
When President Tinubu nominated Professor Joash Amupitan as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, social media erupted. “He was Tinubu’s lawyer during the 2023 election case!” users claimed, warning that democracy was in danger. But is the outrage based on fact?
Verification:
WABMA reviewed the Certified True Copies of both the Presidential Election Tribunal and Supreme Court judgments from the 2023 election petitions.
Amupitan’s name does not appear among the lawyers listed for Tinubu, Shettima, or the APC. Instead, the records show Professor Taiwo Osipitan (SAN) — a University of Lagos law professor — as one of the legal counsels.
The similarity between the surnames Osipitan and Amupitan seems to have caused the mix-up. No court record, statement, or credible media report links Amupitan to Tinubu’s legal team.
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